A Valentine Moment
Midnight Rose

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For Valentine's Day, Catherine brought colorful heart stickers Below for the youngest children to share. They happily went around to  everyone and stuck a heart on their chest.

 Vincent had several hearts stuck to his gray quilted vest, solids, stripes and glitter hearts in red and pink. One heart---a missing  heart--captured Catherine's attention. Instead of the striped heart, the usually discarded sticker square was stuck to Vincent's vest.

 "Vincent? You are missing a heart." Catherine smiled, placing her fingertip where the heart should be.

 "Am I," considered Vincent thoughtfully.

 Catherine giggled, her green eyes twinkling. "Does this mean you have no heart?"

 Vincent chuckled. " No.  Little Merrie told me that someone had stolen my heart."

 Catherine smiled warmly at the wisdom of the tiny little tunnel urchin.

 "And I think I know who," Vincent said in all seriousness.

 "Oh?!"

 Vincent pointed at the collection of hearts on Catherine's sweater. She looked down to find the matching red and pink striped heart on  her chest. Merrie had stuck it there.